In order to acquire babysitting jobs, it is advisable to create a resume. There are specific things that you should list on your babysitting resume if you want it to be effective, regardless of the amount of babysitting experience you have, as there are a number of characteristics and experiences that you need to be able to exhibit in order to be a good babysitter. Prospective employers will look for these qualities when they examine your resume. Follow these guidelines for how to write a resume for babysitting.

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Writing Your Own Babysitting Resume

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List any formal training you have. If you have taken any child care courses, list those. Additionally, there are other formal training scenarios that you can list on your babysitter resume to help optimize your hiring potential. For example, a first aid certification is not necessarily related to babysitting, but it is something that many people desire in a babysitter and it should be listed on your resume.

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Highlight skills that support your ability to be a good babysitter. Include on your babysitting resume any job experience, life experience or training that required you to manage people, work as a team player, complete projects, create schedules and/or multitask, as these skills are also necessary to being a good babysitter.

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Focus on personality traits that babysitters should have. These include responsibility, timeliness, responsiveness and creativity. Be sure to draw attention to these qualities on your resume for babysitting by describing them with power words like advise, maintain, conduct and supervise. This signifies a pro-active approach to expressing positive characteristics.

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Include information about your schedule constraints. Potential employers will want to know what kind of days and hours you can be expected to work. Additionally, you should expound on how you feel about working holidays, irregular shifts and being asked to babysit on short notice.

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Express an upbeat attitude in your babysitting resume writing. Use positive language, and phrases that give your resume a feel of fun, happiness and light-heartedness. For example, "Worked as assistant at daycare" could be re-worded as, "Assisted in caring for and oversaw creative playtime for 12 wonderful toddlers at Sunnyside Day School."

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Obtain verifiable and complimentary references. You do not need to list them on your babysitter resume, but you should clearly state at the bottom of your resume that you can provide references and, as well, you should have a separate sheet ready with a list of references that you can supply on request. Be sure to ask permission to use someone as a reference, and also to get reassurance of a positive reference, before you list the reference.

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Tailor your resume to the position you are applying for. Because there is such high turnover in the babysitting field, you will want to submit your resume to a variety of employment opportunities, including after-school care, full-time nanny work, on-call weekend gigs and/or daycare shift work, among others. Therefore, you should tailor the information on your resume to best suit each and every opportunity you apply for, whenever possible. For example, if you are submitting a resume to a family that lives in a home with a swimming pool, then it would be helpful to include your lifeguard training.

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